Work: Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of...

By MSURebel70 - 16/07/2010 23:48 - United States

Today, I found out I've been incorrectly sorting thousands of papers for the past two weeks. My boss wanted them sorted by date, but the co-worker who instructed me said to sort them into alphabetical order just to watch me fail. FML

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Same thing different taste

Dumbass

By SpookyBiscuits - 27/12/2016 16:27

Today, my boss wants to sort people in his contact list by last name, so I showed him how to switch the sorting from first to last. He tried to correct it by writing the first name in the last name spot and vise versa. Now he wants me to go through and change them all back. All 200+ of them. FML

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Get to work

By You must be joking - 03/07/2018 20:30

Today, my boss told me to sort and file all the paperwork he'd been randomly shoving into boxes since 2010. Apparently we're being audited, so he expects me to do eight years of filing in two weeks. There's enough paper to fully stock a large public library. Two weeks my ass. FML

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By fucked five ways to friday - 03/01/2013 23:36 - United States - Stayton

Today, someone sent my boss a CD full of documents for an upcoming trial. It's my job to sort through the evidence, so he gave it to me. I looked on the CD. There's only one file; a 1020-page PDF of all the documents we need, and the pages weren't scanned in order. FML

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By KillMePlease - 11/03/2015 20:15 - United States - Hicksville

Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML

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By strongjon60 - 07/02/2012 15:07 - United States

Today, at my internship, I was told we were going to do something fun. I was excited, until I found out that this "fun" thing was labeling 500 folders. FML

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By thx. - 04/08/2016 20:35 - United States - Denver

Today, I told the girl working the scanner that half the documents I was indexing from her were upside down. Now ALL of them are upside down. FML

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Thanks, I guess

By ST3PH - 09/07/2009 19:17 - Canada

Today, my boss requested that I re-organize every file in the office, because she wanted the filing cabinets alphabetized right to left, not left to right. To thank me, she came into my office to give me one uncooked ear of corn. I think my boss has mistaken me for some kind of farm animal. FML

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Great replacement

By Bottom feeder - 08/01/2016 03:41 - Hong Kong - Ngau Tau Kok

Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML

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Playgirl

By Abcporn - 25/09/2013 23:22 - United States - Portland

Today, I went to work at my job as a secretary. I had been given the task to file my boss's collection of Playboy magazines alphabetically by name of the centerfold. There was one for every month from the years of 1980 until now. FML

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Get out

By F.U. QFN - 28/03/2021 00:29

Today, I was given my marching orders because I corrected my supervisor on something he was actually doing wrong. It seems I deserve this for "not learning to obey my immediate superiors." FML

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Mirorbo 26

Saturday 17 July 2010 9:26

And there's nothing you can do about it. Even if you speak up, darling, it's a classic case of their word against yours.

hobozrule 4

Saturday 17 July 2010 9:20

lol kick his butt

Comments

JokeMeister 0

Monday 19 July 2010 2:36

Take it to the BIG MAN.

Jsalcedo23 0

Monday 19 July 2010 3:09

call him out on that shit

shadowsbane 0

Monday 19 July 2010 16:38

Return the favor by sabotaging him, or file his face in the "fist" category.

MSURebel70 4

Monday 19 July 2010 20:56

@52 the boss instructed the coworker to show me what to do

phishlips 0

Tuesday 20 July 2010 22:08

Time to watch him fail trying to walk, after you break his legs of course.

kelsieisadork 0

Saturday 14 August 2010 14:22

this reminds me of the that's 70s show episode haha. except he wasn't sorting it for weeks. (:

Niki0308 0

Friday 25 March 2011 2:20

how did you not feel the breeze?! 

PlasteredClown 0

Monday 13 June 2011 23:58

Well maybe you should have listened to your boss. Just a suggestion.

kayleen_fly 0

Wednesday 20 July 2011 7:12

That would be my luck...

fml_mu 10

Thursday 12 April 2012 11:00

IT would be a good idea to use mails to confirm before you start a task, or confirm directly with the boss. Such a co-worker does not deserve to work in an organization. They do not realize that in trying to fail their co-workers, its the organization which suffers.